Now I'm in Prague

Who would have thought ten years ago, or even less, that Prague would be a must see city on a tour of Europe. The more you here people talk about it, the more it starts to seem like any other Western European country, then you arrive here and any doubt that you are in Eastern Europe is removed. Our train didn't pull into the central station, was we expected, but rather to one on the outskirts of town. My first reaction when stepping into the terminal was, "Am I in Armenia?" (Armenia being a town in the coffee producing region of Colombia). For one it is stinking hot, and secondly the place just looks like it should, a less developed city. We made our way towards our hostel on the metro then a tram. The metro is fun because some of the stations just look communist.

 

Our hostel is very nice. It was strange because we were searching for a place to stay online and this place didn't appear in the search results. We found it on a side bar under recently reviewed hostels. It had three ratings, all 100%, so we figured we could give it a try (especially since it was cheap). Well, turns out the reason it wasn't in the main results was because our first night was opening night, The three reviewers were early arrival guests. We arrived to an unmarked building to find workers still moving furniture in. The building itself seems to have been intended to be new apartments, but after completion it was bought out an made into this hostel. Everything is brand new and looks on par with a new development back home (other than some questionable workmanship here and there). Kitchens with stainless steal appliances, hard wood floors, nice bathrooms, it really doesn't feel like a hostel. If anyone is in the area check out Sant Jordi. They even have private rooms for very low rates.

 

Yesterday we paid a visit to the Communist Museum. If you are into recent history, as I am, it is well worth it. If you are just a casual museum goer, give it a miss. It is heavy on the reading, but I enjoyed learning about what was going on here not too long ago. It was also cool to see actual statues of Lenin and others. We came back for a planned Canada BBQ which the hostel had planned once they heard it was our national day. In the end, trying to buy a grill and all the supplies in one afternoon tuned out to be to difficult, so we are having it tonight. Going to go see more of the city this afternoon, so stay tuned,,,